School admissions in Ringwood
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 4 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Ringwood in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 4 schools in Ringwood first 168 times for 167 places: 1.01 first choices per place. One of the 4 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: St Ives Primary & Nursery School, to 2.60 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
4 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ives Primary & Nursery School | 1.07 | 29 | 2.598 miles |
| Burley Primary School | 1.00 | 13 | not published |
| Ringwood Church of England Infant School | 1.00 | 67 | 4.69 miles |
| Poulner Infant School and Nursery | 0.98 | 58 | 3.77 miles |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.